With the release of Roberto Bola241;o8217;s The Savage Detectives in 1998,journalist Monica Maristain discovered a writer 8220;capable of befriending his readers.8221; After exchanging several letters with Bola241;o, Maristain formed a friendship of her own, culminating in an extensive interview with the novelist about truth and consequences, an interview that turned out to be Bola241;o8217;s last.Appearing for the first time in English, Bola241;o8217;s final interview is accompanied by a collection of conversations with reporters stationed throughout Latin America, providing a rich context for the work of the writer who, according to essayist Marcela Valdes, is 8220;a T.S. Eliot or Virginia Woolf of Latin American letters.8221; As in all of Bola241;o8217;s work, there is also wide-ranging discussion of the author8217;s many literary influences. (Explanatory notes on authors and titles that may be unfamiliar to English-language readers are included here.) The interviews, all of which were completed during the writing of the gigantic 2666, also address Bola241;o8217;s deepest personal concerns, from his domestic life and two young children to the realities of a fatal disease.
- Genre: Literary Collections, Biography + Autobiography, Literary Criticism
- Subgenre: Literary, General, Caribbean + Latin American
- Publisher: Melville House Pub
- Pages: 123
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: December 6, 2011
- Date Published: December 6, 2011
- Author: Roberto Bolano